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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-12-21
Why?

Why should the Southern farmer
pay one dollar, or more, per bushel
for corn when he can produce it at
home at u cost not to exceed fifty cents
per bushel?
Why should the Southern farmer pay
ten to fourteen cents per pound for
bacon when he can produce it at home
at five cents.
Why should the Southern farmer
paw millions of dollars annually for
commercial fertilizers when from most
of our soils and crops they may pro-
duce better article for half the
money!
Why should the Southern farmer
pay twenty to twcnty-f five dollars per
ton for hay when he may produce it OH
his farm at two dollars per tonP Eight
ing grass all summer and buying it all
winter!
Why is it that thousands and thou
sands of freight trains come south
ward loaded with the products OF
Northern farms and so many of them
are returned emptye
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-12-21
Rock-a-By, Baby.

A very ludicrous incident occurred at
South Boston, which brought frown to
the brows of a newly made benedict and
a blush to the cheeks of his pretty bride.
The marriage VOWS had just been taken
and the newly-wedded couple were walk.
ing proudly from out Of the Gate of Heav.
en- Church, followed by a train Of happy
friends and relatives. Just at this mo.
ment an itinerant German band halted in
front of the church, and in a measure
blocked the progress Of the wedding pro.
cession. There was a momentary pause,
and suddenly the brass instruments struck
up "Rock.a BY, Baby" The crowd
"caught on" to the humor Of the situation,
and burst into roar of laughter, and con-
fusion overwhelmed bride, groom and pro-
cession.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-12-21
HERE AND THERE.

The poultry business In the united
States is estimated at $3.50, O00 900 per
annum. Over $4,000, 900 were paid
for imported eggs last year.
1t is not disgraceful to any one
who is poor to confess his poverty;
but the not exerting ones sells to es-
cape poverty is disgraceful.
Profit in all kinds of business de-
ponds more upon what is saved than
what is made. A farmer loses money
if he does not make this principle the
basis of all his work.
Arrangements have been made to
organize tho negroes into separate
Farmers Alliances of their own, and
it is expected that they will soon have
q very great number of Alliances in
active operation all over the South.
The seventh annual meeting of
the National Merino Sheep Register
Association will b. held in the Council
room, Cooley block. corner Mechanic
and Cortland streets. Jackson. Mich.
Wednesday and Thursday, December
IA and Is, 1887.
1t seems to be admitted that one
can breed for eggs just as one can
breed for milk or butter. An egg
from a good layer will be more likely
to produce good layer than an egg
from poor layer.
Mr. G. S. G.. of Billiard, Tex.
says he sowed on his place. on May 16
last, one bushel of millet seed, and
gathered at least fourteen tons of as
good millet as has ever been seen in
any market. How is that for millet?
1T is reported that Guy Webber,
of Cincinnati, the chief engineer of
the late St Andrews Bay Land Com
pany swindle, who was recently under
arrest for fraudulent use of the mails
has negotiated the purchase of 2.O00,-
600 acres of land in Sonora, M ,xico.
Another cheHp-town-lotl lottery scheme
will soon be afloat if this report be
true.
The October crop report of the
Alabama Department of Agriculture.
R. F. Kolb, Commissioner, Auburn,
Ala, gives the condition of the prin-
cipal crops in each county of the State.
The average indications for the State
are that corn Will yield IA bushels per
acre, which is 81 per cent. of a full
crop for that State. Cotton promises
80 per cent. Of a full crop; peas. 81 per
cent; susar-cane. 50 per cent; sweet
potatoes, rs per cent
All cultivated plants are atmos-
pheric, in the sense of drawing the
bulk of the dry matter of their SUBJ
stance from the air. The portion taken
directly from the air, however, is car
bon. Whether any plants draw nitro
gen directly from the atmo sphere IS
extremely doubtful The COW pea.
however, is great collector of nitro.
gen. drawing it from the deeper layers
of the soil, and as such it is of great
value both as fodder plant and as
fertilizer. 1t is better adapted to the
South chan TO the North. --Farm, and
FVeside.
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GOING ON THE ROAD.
Grandfather Lickshingle Outlines q Lect.
ura on tho CockrOacll.

Grandfather Lickshingle Outlines Lect.
uro ON tho Cockroach.
81 have been invited to deliver lecture
before the Yale faculty on the cockroach, y
said Grandfather Lickshingle to an Oil
City Derrick man, land if you promise
not to print them don't mind giving you
few points of it. In the first place, I
will trace the pedigree Of the cochroach
back to the ark and throw the whole re-
sponsibility upon Noah. would rather
avoid this, for the reason that Noah stands
pretty we'll with the people now on earth,
and to deliberately build up prejudice
against him is not a pleasant thing to do.
Still, think Noah did wrong in not step.
ping on Sir and Madam Cockroach when
they marched arm in arm, so to say, over
the gang.plank. In fixing this response
bility l will hew to the line, let
the chips fall where they may; but
at the same time will temper
justice with mercy, and let Noah
down as easy as possible. lido not believe
in taking advantage of man, because he
made one rash step; or, as in this case,
because he did not make one rash step,
and, as intimated before, locate it right
on top of these reaches. Some people
have great deal to say against Eve. /
do not know of any young person of my
acquaintance who has been the subject of
more scandal and gossip. / have heard
well.meaning people blame her for all
woe and heartache, not to mention dry
weather and short crops. will show i'll
my lecture that Eve is greatly. abused
person. and that the cockroach is the real
seat Of sorrow. The cockroach, especially
the dark sorrel cockroach, is the seventh
son of tho seventh son of the Mr.. and
Mrs. Sad.eyed Sorrow, of Sorrow
town, N. ]. I have been a guest of
these people myself, and know whereof
/ affirm. Passing rapidly along the lives
and times of the cockroach will treat Of:
/. The cockroach in society.
q The cockroach in politics.
g. The cockroach in the cupboard, and
4. The cockroach in the biscuit.
I will endeaver to extract some humor
out of the cockroach in the biscuit, by
simply reporting the pleasantries that
pass between the boarder and the land
lady when the biscuit is opened. 1t is my
purpose to divide cockroaches into two
classes. l. The cockroach of the fireside,
or the domestic cockroach. 2. The cock.
roach of commerce, or the office cock
roach. have already declined large sums
of money to make favorable mention in
my lecture of certain brands of roach
exterminators, but can't conscientious.
ly do it. Away down In my heart of
hearts know there is no way to kill the
cockroach of modern times except to
place dynamite under him and explode it
with a sledge."
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-12-21
Cow Peas as Green Manure.

There are few it any plants more
efficacious in restoring lost fertility to
depleted soils than the COW pea. Its
roots pierce deeply into the subsoil.
and carry the potash and phosphoric
acid Of the deeper layers TO the surface.
They moreover @rate the soil and rem
der it accessible to the genial showers
and the solar heat Still more is ac-
complished. The pea vine is largely
an atmospheric plant, drawing its sus-
tenance moro from The air than from
the earth. Henc, its wonderful
adaptability to poor land. Its leaves
absorb and retain large quantities of
nitrogen, that most necessary element
of all life. When the crop is plowed
under, disintegration at once COM
mences, and these rich stores of nitro
gen are disseminated throughout the
surface soil, IN easy reach of the teed-
ing rootlets of the succeeding crops.
Yet even this does not end the duties
performed by the pea vines. All worn
and exhausted soils are much more
compact than is new land. The reason
of this hard. solid condition is obvious.
New land, as rule, has
upon its surface rich layer
of vegetable mold, or humus,
which is the long accumulation of de-
caying leaves. twigs. grass, bark and
fallen trees. Successive cropping final
ly exhausts this humus, and instead of
tho once loose, mellow condition, the
land has run together and baked.
Now, one of three things must be done
to change the condition of the soil in
order 10 restore its productiveness.
The plan that Moses advised was to
let the lanl "rest and lie still every
seventh year." (See Exodus xiii, 1D.
He knew that by lying still and resting
the land would grow up in weeds, and
he doubtless also knew that weeds are
good collectors of nitrogen.
Another plan of restoring lost fer
tility is by spreading upon the land
such manures as possess the needful
plant food for the future crop. The
chemical ingredients wantsd-namely,
nitrogen, potash and phosphoric acid,
can be easily supplied in this way by
any good, complete manure But
commercial manures are beyond the
reach of many farmers. and the supply
IF stable and cow-lot manure is gem
orally far below the demand. There
fore the best and often the only prac-
teal solution of the problem is green
manure crop. Clover, Duckwheat and
peas are the three best. The
first two are not suited to
many States, but as far rs my
knowledge goes. COW peas will grow
almost anywhere. They supply both
the chemical and mechanical elements
Of manure. Plowed under when in
full bloom, they loosen up the soil and
keep it mellow. They should be sown
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as early in the spring as all danger
from frost is over, and by the first or
middle of June they will be ready to
plow under. 1t would be better be-
fore blowing under to sow another
crop on the same ground, and the
seed will be covered when the first
crop goes under. This second crop
may be cut for hay, or rsad as a COW
and hog pasture in the fall. Few
things are more relished by cows than
cow peas. and few things will make
more or richer milk and butter.
B. B.. in Farm, and FireS,de.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-12-21

AMONG the people of to-day, there are few
Pe S Rsr mot ana Rapqe Of the me6 os
hold remedy. Teas and drinks have been
made of them for centuries, and in hun
dreds of families have formed the sole re-
lance in rheumatic and kidney diseases
Prickly Ash Bitters now take the place Of
the old system and is moro beneficial in all
troubles of this nature.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-12-21
A Dish of New P's.

"A Dish OF New P's.
p stands for Pudding. for Peach and for Pear.
And likewise for Poetry and Prose;
The Parrot, the Pigeon that flies In the air,
The Pig with ling in his nose;
For Paper and Pen, for Printer and Press,
For Physic, and People who sell it;
But whom you are sick, to relieve your distress
Take ut once Pierce's Purgative Pellet
Oh, yes, indeed! These are the P's for
you, poor, sick man or woman. Nothing like
them for keeping the bowels and stomach
regulated and in order-tiny, sugar coated
granules, scarcely larger than mustard
seeds. They work gently but thoroughly.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-12-21

THERE'S nothing like an Office to take the
starch of independence out OF man.-Lou-
Ell Courier.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-12-21

WHY is the letter ~" like creamery, as
compared with common dairy2 Because
it makes better butter, You know.-Spring-
field Union
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-12-21

The Price,. The best always first and
cheapest. O. The best is the promptest,
safest, surest, most permanent. 3. The
benefits derived are beyond price. 4. Ex-
amples show that no competition can show
like results. s. 1t is the best.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-12-21
First Stroke of Pain
EVERY YEAR TO THOUSANDS.

The CIass.-Fifty million population. Pain
for the first time to one in every Ten.
Five million need relief. How? Promptly,
permanently. Certainty OF cure at reason
able cost. How to find out? On reputa-
ton, through experiment. by proof
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-12-21

Some travelling men will lose their tempers
at the mere mention of porter" but they
will usually get along first rate with half
and n-Nerchant Trareler.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-12-21

THERE are four ags" in eggnogg, besides I
lot of other Ingredients. Puck :.
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THOSE who believe that the world owe.
them living don't know how many bat
debts the thing has to shoulder -Teza
SUting& A
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-12-21

IT is wonder that the Photographic,
ever succeeds in getting married He Il
always taking negatives Post.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-12-21

OvERcoATs this winter will be lined with
checks that is. some OF them will
chant Traveller.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-12-21

A Cough, Cold, or SORE THROAT should
not be neglected. Browns BRONCHIAL
TRocHEs are simple remedy, and give
prompt relief. Is cts. a box.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-12-21

ALTAR-RAT1oNs-the viands provided fo1
avoiding supper.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-12-21

A NEW color in ladies' dress goods is called
spanked baby" It is used in bawl dresses.
--Neu Hauen Neaos.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-12-21

ANEW thing in socks-a baby three day
old.-Neso Haven Neaes.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-12-21
Dispossessed.

To dispossess biliousness and constipa-
ton, two most disorderly inmates of the
bodily tenement, serve peremptory writ
of ejectment upon them with Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters. Then "they must Co."
Sometimes they resist, but it IS usually a
weak effort. Eventually they are obliged
to vamose the ranch. So are fever and
ague, rheumatic and nervous ailments,
when the same means is used.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-12-21

IT may sound paradoxical. but we can't
help remarking that fogs never would be
Mtst-BxrkaQton FrU Pres
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THEY disappear like hot cakes before st.
Louis tramp-'Tansils Punch'' &c. Cigar.
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ATT of weeping-the set Of mourning
dresa-New Haue,. Nc,cs,
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TIE most unk1ndest cut of all is to be
found in the average SO suit of clothes
Puck
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The Ef1cacy.-1. It's effects are prompt.
2. Its relief is sure. 3. Its cures are
permanent 4. 1t cures chronic cases Of
as long standing as 40 years. s. Its cures
are without relapse, without return Of
pain. 6. 1t cures in all cases used &C
cording to directions. 7. In every bottle
there's cure, in every application relief
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-12-21
Don't Give up the Shin.

You have been told that consumption is
incurable; that when the lungs are attacked
by this terrible malady, the sufferer is past
time. You have noted with alarm the un-
mistakable symptoms of the disease; you
have tried all manner of so-called cures in
vain, and you are now Respondent and pre-
pairing for the worst. But don't give up the
ship while DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery remains untried. 1t is not cure
all, nor will it perform miracles, but it has
cured thousands of cases of consumption,
in it's earlier stages, where all other means
had failed. Try it, and obtain new lease
of life.
WHAT strong breath burglar must have
~1,o ofo ,;o1
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Merchant Traveler. ''s"'
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TIE horse-car conductor is literal way
farer, so to speaaR-DEl;hh Paraqrapher.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-12-21

The Merlts. ple.-Take up St. Jacobs
Oil, the Great Remedy for Pain. ltssuperior
merits known to all the world. Experience
shows its merits through its efficacy.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-12-21

MANY imitators, but no equal, has DR..
Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
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FREE, trial package for instant relief and
speedy cure of Asthma. Send address to Hot
fingers Drug Store, Lincoln Park, Chicago.
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Ina school they have to keep up the in
terest of the scholars in order to pay tho
principal. Traveller.
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SIMPLY to conceal the truth is a lie in am
bush -Burlipgtoa Free Press.
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Sold by Druggists and Dealers Eosry'chere.
The Charles A. vogeler Co., Baltic. Md.
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A BIO Cable Pool-the Atlantie-New h.
cen Nelos.
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The man who pitches pennies throws his
money away-n he loses-Puck.
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RoPED In-the man who is hanged
Charleston Enterprise
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The Proof. The testimony cannot be
disputed. 2. It has been renewed after
lapse of years. g. No return of pain in
years. 4. 1t has cured in all ages and con-
ditions. 5. 1t has cured all forms of suffer
ing. g. 1t has cured all stages of painful
ailments. 7. 1t has cured cases considered
hopeless. 8. 1t has caused clutches and
canes to be thrown away 8. Its best cures
are chronic cases.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-12-21

To A bird whose wings are clipped, flying
must be soar subject-Ieras Siftings.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-12-21

"ALL wants said the opera-singer, ais
notes for notes; large notes for high notsa"
Harper's BGzar.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-12-21

A couNrERpARr-ac lerkship.-Puek
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A CASE OF cATARRn WHICH They CAN NOT CURE.
| UNTolD AGONY
| FROM cATlRRa.

/ m-.- s- Prof W. HAUsNEk, the famous mesmer.
IIK7flln he0W s, OF Ithaca N. r. writes: some ten
/ S"iVL0 NSV"s years ago I suffered untold agony from
cnnN ClTlnnu chronic nasal catarrh Ny family physi,,
EnUm VhSAnnn clan gave incurable, ana oad
t.uss.s.HAS must die My such q BAD one,
that would % soszse
clearing throat almost strangle BY the
Of DR. Sage Caarrh Remedy in three month"; WaS well
man, and the cure has been permanent"
/ o-- l THOMAS j. RUSHING, Esq, 500 Pine STea,
l0nS1lK1lY st. Louis No. writes: ~ great glf
,Sv"Vsss.s ferer from catarrh for three years. At
hlWKlNn am times could hardly BREATHE and
OAu MHe A"U stany hawking and splitting and for tho
CnrT11Ua last eight months could breathe through
VTlJJln1s the nostrils thought nothing could be
s.1 done for me- Luckily was advised to try
Sages Catarrh Remedy, and well man. b.
it the only remedy for catarrh manfa9
tued and has only to give 1t fair trial to experience
astounding results and permanent cure"
F.. ELI ROBBINS, R,tnyan r. o., Columbia Co.,
1upEe Rn7se Pa, my daughter had catarh when
bhnI6 OVlllIV she FIVE years old very badly. saw
nune narannu Dr. Sages Caarrh Remedy advertised and
Uyhk UhAnIins bottle for and
that it helped her; third bottle effected
permanent cure sbe now eighteen years Old and sound
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-12-21

WHAT strong breath burglar must have
who blows open safe.-Boston Commercial
Bulletin.
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that every day, toward
/ could barely speak al
ing and clearing of my
use Of DR.. Sage's Gaia,
man, and the cure has
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DR.. Sage's Catarrh RI
lieve it to be the on
tured, and one has {
astounding results an
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DRS. DARRIN REMOVED.

On December Goth, their Offices froIa l49
Frent Street to 2S5 Fifth Street, opposite the
Court House.
A life for day Is often the penalty Of de :
lay in seeking some healing influences for dis
ease. Time and opportunity are life, il at
the proper moment and by the proper means
they are seized. Disease is decay, and decay
il death. Diseases and decay and death may
be ayerted and llfe made bright and Joyous
throueh that occult power possessed by bat
few, knows popularly as animal magnetism
and electricity, The most noted disciples oi
this mekAed are Drs. Darrin, of Portland,
about whom already in this paper, have ap-
psared many testimonials,
Drs. Darrin can be found at 235 Fifth
Street, opposite the Court House. corner oi
Main and Fifth streets, Portland, after De
osmhar 10th.
Circulars sent free to any address. AL cura
hle Chronic Diseases, Deafness, Cstarrh,
Youthful Indiscretion aud Loss of Manhood
treated by entirely new methods. Offic'
hours from lO,A. m. 60 5 p. N. evenings x
Is; Sundays 10 70 IL.
N, B.-One Of the Drs. Darrin, OF Port
land will be at the Occidental Hotsl Corval
lie, Or, Dec. 9th, 28th and Goth only, afte
that time ct the head Office in Portland.